Useful Links

The following links are from Keeping Children Safe in Education  (accessed via gov.uk 2022) 

ADDITIONAL ADVICE AND SUPPORT

There is a wealth of information available to support schools and colleges. The following list is not exhaustive but should provide a useful starting point:

Abuse

• Supporting practice in tackling child sexual abuse - CSA Centre Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse has free evidence-based practice resources to help professionals working with children and young people to identify and respond appropriately to concerns of child sexual abuse.
• What to do if you're worried a child is being abused – DfE advice
• Domestic abuse: Various Information/Guidance - Home Office (HO)
• Faith based abuse: National Action Plan - DfE advice
• Disrespect NoBody campaign - GOV.UK

 - Home Office website

• Tackling Child Sexual Abuse Strategy – Home Office policy paper
• Together we can stop child sexual abuse

– HM Government campaign

Bullying

Preventing bullying including cyberbullying - DfE advice

Children missing from education, home or care

• Children missing education - DfE statutory guidance
• Child missing from home or care - DfE statutory guidance
• Children and adults missing strategy - Home Office strategy

Children with family members in prison

National Information Centre on Children of Offenders - Barnardo’s in partnership with HM Prison and Probation Service

Child Exploitation

• Trafficking: safeguarding children - DfE and Home Office guidance
• Care of unaccompanied and trafficked children – DfE statutory guidance
• Modern slavery: how to identify and support victims – HO statutory guidance
• Child exploitation disruption toolkit -  HO statutory guidance 
• County Lines Toolkit For Professionals - The Children's Society in partnership with Victim Support and National Police Chiefs’ Council

Confidentiality

Gillick competency Fraser guidelines - Guidelines to help with balancing children’s rights along with safeguarding responsibilities.

Drugs

• Drug strategy 2021 - Home Office strategy
• Information and advice on drugs - Talk to Frank website
• Drug and Alcohol education — teacher guidance & evidence review – PSHE Association

(so called) “Honour Based Abuse” including FGM and forced marriage

• Female genital mutilation: information and resources- Home Office guidance
• Female genital mutilation: multi agency statutory guidance - DfE, Department for Health, and Home Office 
• Forced marriage - Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) resources
• Forced marriage - Government multi-agency practice guidelines and multi-agency statutory guidance
• FGM resource pack – HM Government guidance

Health and Well-being

• Rise Above: Free PSE resources on health, wellbeing and resilience - Public Health England 
• Supporting pupils at schools with medical conditions - DfE statutory guidance
• Mental health and behaviour in schools - DfE advice
• Overview - Fabricated or induced illness - NHS advice

Homelessness

Homelessness code of guidance for local authorities – Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities guidance

Information Sharing

• Government information sharing advice - Guidance on information sharing for people who provide safeguarding services to children, young people, parents and carers.
• Information Commissioner's Office: Data sharing information hub - Information to help schools and colleges comply with UK data protection legislation including UK GDPR.

Online safety-advice 

• Childnet provide guidance for schools on cyberbullying
• Educateagainsthate provides practical advice and support on protecting children from extremism and radicalisation
• London Grid for Learning provides advice on all aspects of a school or college’s online safety arrangements
• NSPCC E-safety for schools provides advice, templates, and tools on all aspects of a school or college’s online safety arrangements
• Safer recruitment consortium “guidance for safe working practice”, which may help ensure staff behaviour policies are robust and effective
• Searching screening and confiscation is departmental advice for schools on searching children and confiscating items such as mobile phones
• South West Grid for Learning provides advice on all aspects of a school or college’s online safety arrangements
• Use of social media for online radicalisation - A briefing note for schools on how social media is used to encourage travel to Syria and Iraq
• Online Safety Audit Tool from UK Council for Internet Safety to help mentors of trainee teachers and newly qualified teachers induct mentees and provide ongoing support, development and monitoring
• Online safety guidance if you own or manage an online platform DCMS advice
• A business guide for protecting children on your online platform DCMS advice
• UK Safer Internet Centre provide tips, advice, guides and other resources to help keep children safe online

Online safety- Remote education, virtual lessons and live streaming

• Guidance Get help with remote education resources and support for teachers and school leaders on educating pupils and students
• Departmental guidance on safeguarding and remote education including planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely
• London Grid for Learning guidance, including platform specific advice
• National cyber security centre guidance on choosing, configuring and deploying video conferencing 
• UK Safer Internet Centre guidance on safe remote learning

Online Safety- Support for children

• Childline for free and confidential advice
• UK Safer Internet Centre to report and remove harmful online content
• CEOP for advice on making a report about online abuse

Online safety- Parental support

• Childnet offers a toolkit to support parents and carers of children of any age to start discussions about their online life, and to find out where to get more help and support
• Commonsensemedia provide independent reviews, age ratings, & other information about all types of media for children and their parents
• Government advice about protecting children from specific online harms such as child sexual abuse, sexting, and cyberbullying
• Internet Matters provide age-specific online safety checklists, guides on how to set parental controls, and practical tips to help children get the most out of their digital world How Can I Help My Child? Marie Collins Foundation – Sexual Abuse Online
• Let’s Talk About It provides advice for parents and carers to keep children safe from online radicalisation 
• London Grid for Learning provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online, including tips to keep primary aged children safe online
• Stopitnow resource from The Lucy Faithfull Foundation can be used by parents and carers who are concerned about someone’s behaviour, including children who may be displaying concerning sexual behaviour (not just about online)
• National Crime Agency/CEOP Thinkuknow provides support for parents and carers to keep their children safe online
• Parentzone provides help for parents and carers on how to keep their children safe online
• Talking to your child about online sexual harassment: A guide for parents – This is the Children’s Commissioner’s parental guide on talking to their children about online sexual harassment 
• #Ask the awkward – Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre guidance to parents to talk to their children about online relationships 

Private fostering

Private fostering: local authorities - DfE statutory guidance

Radicalisation

• Prevent duty guidance- Home Office guidance
• Prevent duty: additional advice for schools and childcare providers - DfE advice
• Educate Against Hate website - DfE and Home Office advice
• Prevent for FE and Training - Education and Training Foundation (ETF)
• Extremism and Radicalisation Safeguarding Resources – Resources by London Grid for Learning

Serious Violence

• Serious violence strategy - Home Office Strategy
• Factors linked to serious violence and how these factors can be used to identify individuals for intervention– Home Office
• Youth Endowment Fund – Home Office
• Gangs and youth violence: for schools and colleges - Home Office advice
• Tackling violence against women and girls strategy- Home Office strategy
• Violence against women and girls: national statement of expectations for victims - Home Office guidance

 

Sexual violence and sexual harassment

Specialist Organisations

• Barnardo's - UK charity caring for and supporting some of the most vulnerable children and young people through their range of services.
• Lucy Faithful Foundation - UK-wide child protection charity dedicated to preventing child sexual abuse. They work with families affected by sexual abuse and also run the confidential Stop it Now! Helpline.
• Marie Collins Foundation – Charity that, amongst other things, works directly with children, young people, and families to enable their recovery following sexual abuse.
• NSPCC - Children's charity specialising in child protection with statutory powers enabling them to take action and safeguard children at risk of abuse.
• Rape Crisis - National charity and the umbrella body for their network of independent member Rape Crisis Centres.
• UK Safer Internet Centre - Provides advice and support to children, young people, parents, carers and schools about staying safe online.

Harmful sexual behaviour

• Rape Crisis (England & Wales) or The Survivors Trust for information, advice, and details of local specialist sexual violence organisations.
• NICE guidance contains information on, amongst other things: developing interventions; working with families and carers; and multi-agency working.
• HSB toolkit The Lucy Faithfull Foundation - designed for parents, carers, family members and professionals, to help everyone play their part in keeping children safe. It has links to useful information, resources, and support as well as practical tips to prevent harmful sexual behaviour and provide safe environments for families.
• NSPCC Learning: Protecting children from harmful sexual behaviour and NSPCC - Harmful sexual behaviour frameworkfree and independent advice about HSB.
• Contextual Safeguarding Network – Beyond Referrals (Schools) provides a school selfassessment toolkit and guidance for addressing HSB in schools.
• Preventing harmful sexual behaviour in children - Stop It Now provides a guide for parents, carers and professionals to help everyone do their part in keeping children safe, they also run a free confidential helpline.  

Support for Victims

• Anti-Bullying Alliance - Detailed information for anyone being bullied, along with advice for parents and schools. Signposts to various helplines and websites for further support.
• Rape Crisis - Provide and signpost to a range of services to support people who have experienced rape, child abuse or any kind of sexual violence.
• The Survivors Trust- UK-wide national umbrella agency with resources and support dedicated to survivors of rape, sexual violence and child sex abuse.
• Victim Support - Supporting children and young people who have been affected by crime. Also provides support to parents and professionals who work with children and young people – regardless of whether a crime has been reported or how long ago it was.
• Childline provides free and confidential advice for children and young people. 

Toolkits

• ask AVA  - The Ask AVA prevention platform has been created to support education practitioners across the UK to develop and deliver a comprehensive programme to stop Violence Against Women and Girls.
• NSPCC - Online Self-assessment tool to ensure organisations are doing everything they can to safeguard children.
• NSPCC - Resources which help adults respond to children disclosing abuse.
• NSPCC also provides free and independent advice about HSB: NSPCC - Harmful sexual behaviour framework
• Safeguarding Unit, Farrer and Co. and Carlene Firmin, MBE, University of Bedfordshire  - Peer-on-Peer Abuse toolkit provides practical guidance for schools on how to prevent, identify early and respond appropriately to peer-on-peer abuse.
• Contextual Safeguarding Network – self-assessment toolkit for schools to assess their own response to HSB.
• Childnet - STAR SEND Toolkit equips, enables and empowers educators with the knowledge to support young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
• Childnet - Just a joke? provides lesson plans, activities, a quiz and teaching guide designed to explore problematic online sexual behaviour with 9-12 year olds.
• Childnet - Step Up, Speak Up a practical campaign toolkit that addresses the issue of online sexual harassment amongst young people aged 13-17 years old. 
• NSPCC - Harmful sexual behaviour framework an evidence-informed framework for children and young people displaying HSB.
• Contextual Safeguarding Network – Beyond Referrals - Schools leavers for addressing HSB in schools.
• Farrer & Co: Addressing child on child abuse: a resource for schools and collegesThis resource provides practical guidance for schools and colleges on how to prevent, identify early and respond appropriately to child-on-child abuse.

Sharing nudes and semi-nudes

• London Grid for Learning-collection of advice - Various information and resources dealing with the sharing of nudes and semi-nudes.
• UKCIS Sharing nudes and semi-nudes: advice for education settings working with children and young people - Advice for schools and colleges on responding to incidents of non-consensual sharing of nudes and semi-nudes.